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Grant Ackerman

Grant Ackerman

Co-founder & CEO at Polar

Co-founderPolar logoPolar· Winter 2024Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area
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2024Co-founder· Polar
Founder · since 2024
Company
Polar
Role
Co-founder & CEO
current
Stage
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no public source
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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work history
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Polar

The smarter way to manage USD earnings globally

Winter 2024

Experience

Career

  • Polar logo

    Polar

    Co-founder

    Co-founder & CEO · 2024 – Present

    2024
  • Altruist logo

    Altruist

    Product, Engineering, and Operations · 2021 – 2023

    2021
  • Princeton University Investment Company logo

    Princeton University Investment Company

    Investment Analyst · Greater New York City Area · 2019 – 2021

    2019
  • J.P. Morgan logo

    J.P. Morgan

    Investment Banking · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2018

    2018
  • Cantor Fitzgerald logo

    Cantor Fitzgerald

    Sales & Trading · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2017

    2017

Bio

Grant is the co-founder & CEO of Polar. Grant previously led Altruist's integration of SSG, which Altruist acquired to become the third-largest custodian by number of RIAs behind Schwab and Fidelity. Before that, Grant helped grow Princeton’s endowment from $26.1 billion to $37.7 billion as a member of the 20-person investment staff. Grant graduated from Princeton, where he studied Economics, Computer Science, and Finance and met Andrew.